The Daily Telegraph turns 140: Current and ex-staffers look back on death knocks and doorstops

Since its launch in 1879, The Daily Telegraph has been a big part of the media landscape in Australia.

Sydney’s The Daily Telegraph has had a huge role in the development in Australia’s media.

The newspaper has been in the News Corp (previously News Ltd) stable since 1972. And before that it was owned for 36 years by Frank Packer’s Australian Consolidated Press.

The Tele was broadsheet for its first half century, switching to tabloid format in 1927.

The editorship has been a stepping stone for some of Australia’s best known journalists. ABC chair Ita Buttrose was editor in chief from 1981 to 1984; News Corp’s corporate affairs boss Campbell Reid started his career on the newspaper in 1981 before going on to edit the title; Col Allan who went on to become one of News Corp’s top editors in New York, was a high profile editor during the 1990s; David Penberthy led the paper before going on to edit news.com.au, launch commentary site The Punch and editor the Sunday Mail in Adelaide; and Sky News boss Paul Whittaker edited the paper until 2015.

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